Lucien Cayeux

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Lucien Cayeux (March 16, 1864–November 1, 1944) was a French was a sedimentary petrographer.

In 1902 he joins the l'Ecole des Mines and becomes a professor of geology. In 1912 he is named as professor of geology at the Collège de France. He was admitted to the Académie des Sciences in 1928.

He is noted for his study of sediments with the polarizing microscope, and was one of the pioneers in this field.

The Dorsum Cayeux wrinkle-ridge on the Moon was named after him.

[edit] Bibliography

• "Études des Gites Minéraux de la France", 1906.
• "Les Minerais de Fer Oolithiques de France", 1909.
• "Introduction à l'étude Pétrographique des Roches Sédimentaires", 1916.
• "Les Roches Sédimentaires de France", 1929.
• "Les Phosphates de Chaux Sédimentaire de France", 1941.
• "Causes Anciennes et Causes Actuelles en Géologie", 1941.

He also published a number of scientific papers.

[edit] External links

• Lucien Cayeux biography in French.